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r'422 -- .. -. .-. - - -- . - ~ -- - - , .. - - .. - . -- . - "- -- .--. - . - - "A MEET ING OF YOUR PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HELD AT THE WESTMORELAND SCHOOL ON FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 24TH, 1949 WITH COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, WELLS, AND SMITH; CITY MANAGER AND CITY ENGINEER PRESENT. : ~ I THE HEARING WAS TO DETERMINE WHAT STREET IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, WERE DESIRED IN THE .;",<, DISTRICT B~TWEEN CHAMBERS STREET AND CITY VIEW STREET; BETWEEN 18TH AND 24TH AVENUES. ;' '~' . . , .~~, APPROXIMATELY 125 RESIDENTS OF THE WESTMORELAND DISTRICT WERE PRESENT AND AFTER CON- {:y S I DE RABLE DISCUSSION IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT ALL PREVIOUS PETITIONS RELATIVE TO STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA AN Y FURTHE R IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE AFTER RECEIVING PROPERLY FILED ., BE TABLED AND THAT MADE PETITIONS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL STREET AT WHI CH TIME SAID IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF AESIDENTS.AND PROPERTY OWNERS ON ANY SAID STREETS. I 1 PERMANENT MAINTENANCE OF STREETS WERE DISCUSSED AND OR. CRU MBA KER AND THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THE DIFF'ERENCE BETWEEN FULL MAINTENANCE ON UNIMPROVED GRAVEL STREETS AS AGAINST ( MAINTENANCe: ON PERMANENT PAVING. IT WAS EXPLAINED COUNCIL ACTION RELATIVE TO NOT MAINTAINING UNIMPROVED'STREETS WAS NECESSITATED BE CAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO ADEQUATELY MAINTAIN SUCH STREETS, BUT THAT PERMANENTL Y IMPROVED STREETS TOOK VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE. ALSO THE CONDITION OF THE STREETS LEFT FROM INSTALLATION OF SEWERS AND WATER MAINS IN THIS DISTRICT WAS DISCUSSED AND ASSURANCE WAS GIVEN THAT EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE WOULD BE MADE TO SEt THAT THESE STREETS WERE REPLACED IN AS GOOD A CONDITION AS THEY WERE PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE SEWERS AND WATER MAINS; THA T THE CONTRACTOR, P. S.tORD AND COMPANY WOULD AGAIN BE TAKEN OUT OVER THESE STREETS AND REQUESTED TO 00 THIS WORK AND ALSO THAT THE WATER BOAR~ AGAIN BE CONTACTED REL A T I VE TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE ;: WATER MAINS AND THE, CONDITION IN WHICH THEIR SIDE OFT HE STREET WAS LEFT. THE MEETING WA~ ADJOURNED AT 9:00 P.M. It . IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE " ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. . , 4A A REPORT OF THE PUBL I C WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WAS SUBMITTED AND " READ AS FOLLOWS: "YOUR COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS MET ON JUNE 22, 1949 WITH COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, WELLS I AND Go DLOVE; CITY MANAGER, CITV ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER PRESENT. . II' ~: ,,~- <'"l, ~ 1r "., " < "j, . : .>..t~.~,;'; ;i; ':f': :.... ': THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE DISCUSSED A PROPOSAL OFT HE UNIVERSITY OF" ORE GON ON A REVISED ORNAMENTAL POST STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM ON UNIVERSITY AND I I TH AVENUE NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF " ORE GON. THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION WOUL D BE PAID ENTIRELY BY THE UNIVERSITY O~ OREGON AS h OWNERS OF" .ABUTTING PROPERTY AND WOULD CONSIST OF 15 LUMINAIRES EACH AT 10,000 LUMENS REPLACING 7 EXISTING;6DOO LUMEN LUMINAIRES. ;l THE MONTHL Y COST FOR ENERGY FOR THE PRESENT 8 YS T E M (15 -'6,000 LUMEN CAMPS) IS 812.25. THE INCREAST TO (15-10,000 LUMEN LAMPS) WOULD INCREASE THE COST BY 832.75 TO 845.00 PER MONTH. ! IT IS SUGGESTED B Y THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY AGREE TO PAY ONE-HALF ($22.50) OFT HE MONTHL Y " , BY THE UNIVERSITY. ;' BILL FOR ENERGY AND THE BALAN C.E TO BE BORNE - THE MATTER OF PAVING TAYLOR STREET, 10TH TO 11TH AND EMERALD BETWEEN 24TH AND 26TH, ALSO :: BETWEE;N 19TH AND 22ND WITH CONCRETE WAS REVIEWED AND IT IS THE DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE 1lI0RK P~OCEED ON THE BASIS OF" CONCRETE. i AN OBJECTION TO PROCEEDING WITH THE PAV I NG OF V AN BUREN BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH, SIGNED BY THREE PROPERTY OWNERS AFFECTED WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE PETITION WAS J " DENIED FOR THE REASON THAT THE ORIGINAL PE TIT I ON f"AVORING THE PRO JE CT HAD A MAJORITY AND INITIATED THE IMPROVEMENT, THE WORK FOR WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONTRACT. ,I . (. Ii - THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE PRELIMINARY WORK ON A SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM FOR THE PART OFT HE SOUTH WILLAMETTE & CO LLE GE HILL TERRITORIES ANNEXED TO THE CITY ON MA Y 27, 1948 P RO C E E 0 A N I'> THAT PROPER ORDINANCES BE DRAWN AND PASSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I IT IS'ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT PRELIMINARY WORK BE DONE IN INITIATINGfA PROJECT TO CONS TRUCT STORM SEWERS TO DRAIN 19TH AVENUE EAST OF THE AMAZON AND , " THE STREETS SOUTH OF 19TH AND EAST OF THE AMAZON CREEK. , THE VARloua WIDTHS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR PAVING OF 18TH AVENUE EAST WAS DISCUSSED . AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE 34-FOOT WIDTH BE APPROVED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF 18TH AVENUE FROM MILL TO FERRY. " : IT WAS-RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH PLANS AND :, I SPECIFICATIONS AND CALL fOR BIOS TO REPLACE WATER IN THE MILLRACE BY GRAVITY FLOW. n " IT WAS MOVED ByCRUM BAKER, SECONDED BY WELLS THAT THE REPO RT OF THE PUBL I C WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. , ! ~